> On 16 Feb 2017, at 09:29, Laurence Dodd <laure...@porkpie.tv> wrote: > > I've been looking at houdini, liking it a lot, but what houses in London are > switching to it? Or am I, once again choosing the underdog software > (Combustion, anyone?)
I would say Combustion demise came when Autodesk bought them (like many other packages) so I would rather are suspicious of AD owned products than independent ones. That said, and especially in London, there is a clear momentum towards Houdini and I would dare to say pretty much everyone is either incorporated Houdini in one way or another or it is at the starting point of such investment. > Also, if I recommend it as the main software where I usually work, will they > be able to get Houdini people that are generalists, are enough of us > switching? That is a big change even for a small studio, you may want to consider your options to do a nice and orderly transition… probably hire a Houdini experienced and enthusiastic guy to help you move towards whatever is your requirement. I would suggest to start putting in place the software for the backbone of the production, collecting assets animated in Softimage, rendering from Houdini using any of the available render engines and make sure you keep your FX in Houdini and render them as you want. (I am using Redshift on Houdini right now) Then start putting animation in the mix, especially since H16 has a major overhaul in that field I am sure you will be surprised how capable it is already. The bad news is, hiring generalist is as not too disimilar as hiring Softimage generalists, not as easy as Maya/Max of course.. that said, talk to Bournemouth University as they keep producing amazing talent. For references of what others are doing with Houdini regarding animation and transitioning out from Softimage, check SHED… https://sidefx.com/community/sheds-houdini-animation-pipeline/ Hope it helps jb > Just throwing these out there to gather the mood. > > Cheers all > > -- > Laurence Dodd > Porkpie Animation > E: laure...@porkpie.tv <mailto:laure...@porkpie.tv> > W: www.porkpie.tv <http://www.porkpie.tv/> > M: 07570 702 576 > T: 01273 278 382 > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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